In honor of Veterans Day, here are some statistics that bring to life the breadth and depth of African-American military service since World War I.
Sources for the statistics include the 2016 American Community Survey, Statista, the Congressional Research Service, the National WWII Museum and the U.S. Army.30.
24: Percent of the 500,000 U.S. military personnel deployed to the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War who were African-American 350,000+: Blacks who served in American Expeditionary Forces units on the Western Front in World War I
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